# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/susan-leigh-star
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:03:40.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/susan-leigh-star"
name: "Susan Leigh Star"
slug: "susan-leigh-star"
description: "Susan Leigh Star (1954–2010) was an American sociologist. She specialized in the study of information in modern society; information worlds; information infrastructure; classification and standardization; sociology of science; sociology of work; and the history of science, medicine, technology, and communication/information systems. She commonly used the qualitative methods methodology and feminist theory approach. She was also known for developing the concept of boundary objects and for contributions to computer-supported cooperative work."
tagline: "American sociologist (1954–2010)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-07-03"
deathDate: "2010-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.020952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Leigh_Star"
    title: "Susan Leigh Star"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "سوزان لي ستار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "سوزان لى ستار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Leigh_Star"
    title: "Susan Leigh Star"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Leigh_Star"
    title: "Susan Leigh Star"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Leigh_Star"
    title: "Susan Leigh Star"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Leigh_Star"
    title: "Susan Leigh Star"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Leigh_Star"
    title: "Susan Leigh Star"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3505585"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump